Canada Summer Jobs (CSJ) is an initiative of the Summer Work Experience program. It provides wage subsidies to employers to create employment for secondary and post-secondary students. Again this year, Canada Summer Jobs welcomes applications from small businesses, not-for-profit employers, public sector and faith-based organizations that provide quality summer jobs for students. Deadline: February 2, 2018.

CSJ provides funding to not-for-profit organizations, public-sector employers and small businesses with 50 or fewer full-time employees to create summer job opportunities for young people aged 15 to 30 years who are full-time students intending to return to their studies in the next school year.

By way of five national priorities, CSJ 2018 supports the following:

Employers who intend to hire youth who are in underrepresented groups, including new immigrant youth/refugees, Indigenous youth, youth with disabilities and visible minorities.

Small businesses, in recognition of their contribution to the creation of jobs

Organizations that support opportunities for official language minority communities

Organizations that provide services and/or supports for the LGBTQ2 community

Organization that support opportunities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and information and communications and technology (ICT), particularly for women.

The Government of Canada is now accepting project proposals from organizations interested in receiving funding through the Opportunities Fund for Persons with Disabilities. Deadline: March 6, 2018. Wide eligibility including charitable, NPO, NGO, private enterprise, indigenous and non-indigenous governments and organizations.

There are two separate calls for proposals: one at the regional level and one at the national level. Both regional and national applicants can apply for the Skills and Employment Stream. National applicants can also apply for the Working with Employers Stream.

The Skills and Employment Stream offers funding for projects that provide people with disabilities with work experience and training to develop employment-related skills.

The Working with Employers Stream provides funding for projects that raise awareness and help employers create inclusive workplaces. Possible activities include developing employer policies and procedures to accommodate prospective employees with disabilities, supplying inventories of unemployed people with disabilities to employers experiencing labour shortages, and facilitating information sessions supporting the hiring of people with disabilities.

The impacts of climate change are already being felt across Canada and include social, cultural, ecological and economic implications. Indigenous communities are among the most vulnerable to climate change due to their relationship with the natural world, traditional lifestyles, and in some instances, geographic location.

The goal of the Indigenous Community-Based Climate Monitoring Program is to support Indigenous peoples in monitoring climate indicators, which will provide the data required to inform community adaptation actions. In addition, the data can help address climate data gaps within Canada and improve climate models and weather predictions.

The following organizations and individuals are eligible to receive funding through the program:

The Aboriginal Languages Initiative (ALI) is now accepting applications for the 2018-2019 fiscal year. The ALI program supports community-based projects that contribute to the revitalization and preservation of Aboriginal languages, and is delivered in B.C. by the First Peoples’ Cultural Council (FPCC). Deadline: December 15, 2017.

FPCC is accepting proposals to the ALI forup to $50,000. Grants should be between $25,000 – $50,000 maximum, per year.
*NEW* Multi-year funding is available for projects that span over two fiscal years:
YEAR 1: July 1, 2018 to March 31, 2019
YEAR 2: April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020

Eligible strategies include participatory (language immersion) programming and resource development (archiving or documentation).

Those working to stop violence against women, helping Indigenous people heal from trauma, steering youth away from gang involvement, and doing other projects that benefit people and communities are invited to apply for civil forfeiture grants available from BC’s Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General. Deadline: December 15, 2017. Grants range from $10,000 to $75,000. Please review the application guide for additional details prior to applying.

Funding streams and maximum grant allotments:

·Crime Reduction and Community Safety – $75,000

·Indigenous Healing and Rebuilding – $30,000

·Serving Victims Through Restorative Justice: Building Program Capacity – $10,000

Grant funding of up to $175,000 is now available for climate change plans and studies for Canadian cities and communities of all sizes. Deadline to apply: January 2020.Please contact a Program Advisor prior to applying.

These grants help communities reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and adapt to the impacts of climate change, such as flooding, drought and extreme temperatures.

Municipalities can use the funding to develop plans and studies that identify opportunities to reduce GHG emissions and adapt to climate change impacts. The grants also help communities assess the vulnerability of municipal infrastructure and assets, such as buildings and roads, to the impacts of climate change and develop response plans.

These grants help municipalities adapt to the impacts of climate change, such as flooding and drought, and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.Deadline to apply: January 2020.Please contact a Program Advisor prior to applying.

The Municipalities for Climate Innovation Program is a new five-year, $75-million program designed to encourage Canadian municipalities to better prepare for and adapt to the new realities of climate change as well as reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The program is delivered by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities and funded by the Government of Canada.

The UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs is offering $1 Million grants for projects that:

Advance implementation in energy for sustainable development by recognizing and honoring outstanding institutions or individuals who have made significant contributions to energy for sustainable development;

Encourage all relevant stakeholders, including experts and practitioners from energy and related fields, to achieve scientific and technological innovations and breakthroughs and establish effective leadership and best practices in implementing strategies, policies and actions aimed at advancing energy for sustainable development, while addressing economic, social and environmental sustainability; and

Focus not only on the recipient’s leadership and innovation but also willingness and ability to implement knowledge transfer through capacity building activities for replicating and scaling up successful experiences and lessons learned.

Non-profit, For-profit and partnership applicants are welcome to apply! For full application details and proposal guidelines, click here. Deadline: June 15, 2017.

For 2017/18, the HCCBF has a special focus on social connectedness. Socially connected communities support strong citizen engagement and increase the health and well-being of residents. Local governments can play a role in improving social connectedness and helping communities thrive by creating strong social environments and resilient neighbourhoods.

Two streams of funding are available to local governments who are working in partnership with other sectors to improve social connectedness in communities or regions; Stream One: Cultivating Connections and Stream Two: Resilient Streets Demonstration Communities.

Stream 1: Cultivating Connections – Grants of up to $15,000 are available for up to six local governments working with other partners to understand and take action to improve social connectedness in their community or region.

Stream 2: Resilient Streets Demonstration Communities – Grants of up to $20,000 are available for up to four local governments and their partners to adapt and implement the Resilient Streets program, an approach to building social connections between immediate neighbours on residential streets and in residential buildings.

ChangeUp grants for young leaders. Up to $10,000. Apply by April 18, 2017.Youth from 18 to 34 can now apply for a ChangeUp grant to initiate solutions-focused projects that address issues of discrimination and prejudice in their local communities. The Inspirit Foundation is awarding these $10,000 one-time grants to projects implementing creative strategies to open minds and shift attitudes that perpetuate prejudice and exclusion based on ethnicity, race or religion.

The Investment Agriculture Foundation of BC has several funding streams available.

BC Government Buy Local Program: Businesses and organizations can apply for matching funding (i.e., applicants are required to contribute 50% in cash of the total cost of the project budget) for projects that promote local foods that are grown, raised, harvested, or processed in BC. Grants from $5,000 to $30,000 available. Deadlines: May 6, July 8, September 9, November 10, 2017. Projects must meet the following objectives:

Increase use of British Columbia’s agriculture, food and seafood sectors in the domestic marketplace

Build consumer preference, demand and sales for BC agrifoods sold within the province

Growing Forward 2, BC Agrifood and Seafood Export Program: Eligible projects should enable BC’s agriculture, food and seafood sectors to increase export sales and expand international market access through participation in international market development activities. A maximum of $50,000 in funding is available on a first-come, first-serve basis until funds have been fully allocated. Participants must contribute 50% in cash of the total project cost. Deadlines: May 4, July 5, October 4, December 4, 2017.

Growing Forward 2, Canada-BC Agri Innovation Program: Funding is available to support industry, academia, retailers and others in late stage research and pilot projects that lead to the commercialization and/or adoption of innovative products, technologies and practices. Funding is expected to be cost-shared, with significant potential for net benefit to the industry or agri-food region of the province. Eligible projects may be funded up to 100% in cases where the potential benefit to industry is demonstrated to be substantial. Applications being accepted on an on-going basis until March 31, 2018.

Agriculture and Agrifood Adaptation Programs: Sometimes referred to as ‘General Funding’, IAF’s Agriculture and Agri-food Adaptation program funding is available for projects that assist the agriculture, agri-food, and agri-based products sector’s ability to seize opportunities, to respond to new and emerging issues, and to pilot solutions to new and ongoing issues in order to help it to adapt and remain competitive. Deadlines: April 13, July 7, 2017. Funding is available for projects that match one or more of the following strategic priorities:

Seize new opportunities

Respond to new and emerging issues

Pilot solutions to new and ongoing issues to help the sector adapt and remain competitive

Other funding programs require that you first send an inquiry. Please check out the full list of programs here.